school year

noun

The academic year of a school.

Meanings

nounschool year (plural school years)

plural school years · alternative schoolyear

  1. educationThe academic year of a school.

    Synonyms: SY

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe academic year of a school.

Similar

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans skooljaar
  • skooljaaracademic year of a school
Basque eskola-urte
  • eskola-urteacademic year of a school
Bulgarian учебна година
  • учебна година (učebna godina)academic year of a school
Chinese Mandarin 學年 /学年
  • 學年 /学年 (xuénián)academic year of a school
Czech školní rok
  • školní rokacademic year of a school
Danish skoleår
  • skoleåracademic year of a school
Dutch schooljaar
  • schooljaaracademic year of a school
Estonian kooliaasta
  • kooliaastaacademic year of a school
Finnish lukuvuosi
  • lukuvuosiacademic year of a school
French année scolaire
  • année scolaireacademic year of a school
German Schuljahr
  • Schuljahracademic year of a school
Greek χρονιά
  • χρονιά (chroniá)academic year of a school
Hungarian tanév
  • tanévacademic year of a school
Icelandic skólaár
  • skólaáracademic year of a school
Indonesian tahun ajaran
  • tahun ajaranacademic year of a school
Italian anno scolastico
  • anno scolasticoacademic year of a school
Japanese 学年
  • 学年 (gakunen)academic year of a school
Korean 학년
  • 학년 (hangnyeon)academic year of a school
Polish rok szkolny
  • rok szkolnyacademic year of a school
Portuguese ano escolar
  • ano escolaracademic year of a school
Russian уче́бный год
  • уче́бный год (učébnyj god)academic year of a school
Spanish año escolar
  • año escolaracademic year of a school
Swedish läsår, skolår
  • läsåracademic year of a school
  • skolåracademic year of a school
Tagalog taong panuruan
  • taong panuruanacademic year of a school
Ukrainian навча́льний рі́к
  • навча́льний рі́к (navčálʹnyj rík)academic year of a school
Cite this entry
APA

school year. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/school%20year

MLA

“school year.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/school%20year. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “school year,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/school%20year.

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